I prn either spelling as Loo-shun, but I think it probably depends on where you come from. I'm thinking people in the UK and Europe would be more likely to say Loose-ian, and people on this side of the pond would more likely say Loo-shun? I'm sure there are exceptions to each, but that's my guess.

I agree with the Lucian=Loo-shen and Lucien=Loose-ian assumptions. My best friend has a son named Lucian (here in the US) and it's pronounced Loo-shen.

--TaylorI love many names, but the names that fit my family are the venerable old lived-in classics, unfussy, weighted with history, polished like stones through much use.
<3 Martha Frances, February 2014